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B.A.I.  Order  157.) 


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BUREAU  OF  ANIMAL  INDUkTRt. 


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AMENDMENT    1    TO   RULE    6,  REVISION  2.— TO   PREVENT  THE  SPREAD 

OF  FOOT-AND-MOUTH  DISEASE  IN  CATTLE,  SHEEP,  OTHER 

RUMINANTS,  AND  SWINE. 


Effective  on  and  after  March  15,  1909. 


U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture, 

Office  of  the  Secretary. 

The  fact  has  been  determined  by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture,  and 
notice  is  hereby  given,  that  the  contagious  and  communicable  disease 
known  as  foot-and-mouth  disease  is  not  now  known  to  exist  among  the 
live  stock  in  certain  areas  in  the  States  of  Michigan  and  Maryland  which 
were  quarantined  by  Rule  6,  Revision  2,  dated  February  24,  1909, 
effective  on  and  after  February  25,  1909. 

Now,  therefore,  I,  James  Wilson,  Secretary  of  Agriculture,  do 
hereby  remove  and  revoke  the  quarantine  placed  by  Rule  6,  Revision  2, 
upon  the  following  areas,  to  wit : 

MICHIGAN. 

The  townships  of '  Washington.  Shelby,  Sterling,  and  Warren,  in 
Macomb  County. 

The  townships  of  Oakland,  Avon,  Troy,  Royal  Oak,  Southfield,  Farm- 
ington,  and  Novi,  in  Oakland  Count}'. 

The  townships  of  North ville,  Plymouth,  Livonia,  Redford,  Greenfield, 
Hamtramck,  Grosse  Point,  Springwells,  Dearborn,  Mankin,  Gratiot, 
and  Canton,  and  the  city  of  Detroit,  in  Wayne  County. 

MARYLAND. 

District  No.  6  in  Carroll  County. 
District  No.  6  in  Baltimore  County. 

Paragraphs  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  and  13,  of  Rule  6,  Revision  2, 
are  hereby  amended  accordingly. 

The  effect  of  this  amendment  is  to  release  from  the  quarantine  for 
foot-and-mouth  disease  the  entire  States  of  Michigan  and  Maryland. 

This  amendment  is  effective  on  and  after  March  15,  1909,  and  is  sub- 
ject to  amendment  or  revision  on  statutory  notice. 

Done    at    Washington    this    eleventh    day    of 
March,  1909. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Agriculture. 

James  Wilson, 
Secretary  of  Agriculture. 


UNIVERSITY  OF  FLORIDA 

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